All posts tagged "Exxon Valdez Disaster"

BP CEO Tony Hayward told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that it could be another 2 days before he knows if the "top kill" process worked.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – President Barack Obama was due back in Louisiana Friday to assess disaster relief efforts for the record oil spill hitting the Gulf coast, as BP pressed on with a risky bid to plug the leak.

Related: Obama halts Shell's Alaska drilling plans, suspends new offshore oil exploration

WASHINGTON — A team of software developers has created a free iPhone program that allows members of the public to report the presence of oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Chris Oynes, appointed during the Bush administration to oversee offshore energy oversight at the Mineral Management Service (MMS), has quit.

Five days after appearing before Congress to testify about its responsibility in one of the worst oil spills in US history, the Swiss company that owned and operated the oil rig that sunk into the Gulf of Mexico announced that it would shell out $1 billion in dividends to shareholders.